Read about our mentees, visit their websites, use their products and services, and consider the ways you can help them grow their businesses. Your own experience and life skills can help someone who is just starting out. You can make these connections happen! If you can help, please contact Doreen Berne at the BAF office 516-883-0488, or via email doreen@b-a-f.org.
Mustaqeem Abdul-Azeem: Mustaqeem’a Essentials – Shea butter products, Harlem NY
www.mustaqeemsessentials.com
Leslie Allicks: Lola’s Tea House – Teas, coffees, scones, tea sandwiches, Pelham NY
www.lolasteahouse.com
Stacey Antine, MS, RD – HealthBarn USA, Inc. - Healthy lifestyle and farm-based nutrition education programs for kids
www.healthbarnusa.com
Malik Armstead – Five Spot Soul Food Restaurant – Brooklyn NY
www.fivespotsoulfood.com
Avi Benichou – Lovella Hair Salon – Second Ave & 68th Street, NYC
www.lovellanyc.com
Kevin Dunn: Puzzles For Us – African American themed crosswords and games
www.puzzlesforus.com
Amy Eiges -- Creative Kids NY – Toddler art classes
www.creativekidsny.com
Sarah Farzam, Bilingual Birdies – Songs for preschoolers in Spanish, French, Hebrew, Mandarin
www.bilingualbirdies.com
Susan Giardina – The Beez Foundation – Raising awareness and funding pediatric brain cancer research
www.beezfoundation.org
Lindsay Cain Hearon - Femmegems – Make your own high fashion jewelry, NYC and Greenwich CT
www.femmegems.com
Adam & Stephen Jacobs – Kids Creative – After school drama and performance camp
www.kidscreative.org
Osiris Duval James – Urban GoGreen – Eco-social entrepreneurship/brand marketing
www.urbangogreen.com
Lillian Julien - COPE Foundation – Grief counseling and programs for families who have lost a child
www.copefoundation.org
Jodi Kelly: Single Parent Project – Education and support for newly single parents in NYC and CT
echotheatreco@yahoo.com
Alicia Kershaw: GALLOP NYC – Therapeutic horseback riding
www.gallopnyc.org
Jason Lipton and Charles Mizrahi: "Metro Mitt"- Hand protection for urban transportation
Eric & Sharon Loori -- Freedom Guide Dogs – Hometown training free guide dogs to the blind
www.freedomguidedogs.org
Pamela Minyard: GIOLAI-Tomorrow Leaders – Empowering minority young women, New Rochelle NY
www.giolai.org
Danielle Moore: AnnieMae’s Cheesecakes & Moore
www.anniemaescheesecakes.com
Martha J. Parisian & Tom McCarville –Enrichment Audio Resource Services – Help for elderly blind
www.earsforeyes.org
Dawrell Garry Rich: Joshua's House – Providing school supplies and empowerment activities for youth in need, Mt. Vernon NY
www.myjoshuashouse.org
Andree Sanders – Trips for Kids – Mountain bike trips for urban youth
www.tfkny.org
Karen Tappin-Saunderson – Karen’s Body Beautiful – Hair and body care products, Brooklyn NY
www.karensbodybeautiful.com
Peter Seckel - Thornhill Home Electronics - Custom designed audio-video installations, NJ and NY
www.thornhillonline.com
Ann Sheridan – Bimbo’s Buddies - Offering hope and courage to pediatric cancer patients by providing free copies of Dogs Get Cancer Too, packaged with a companion toy created in Bimbo’s likeness.
www.bimbosbuddies.org
Patty Rose Clevenberg Slayton – Meaningful Movement - Dance and fitness instruction
www.MeaningfulMovement.net
Maria Villamizar & Patricia-Fabbiani - Cousins in Design - Custom designed clothing and accessories
www.cousinsindesign.com
Jillian White: White Picket Fence Appraisals – Real estate appraisals for personal and bank-owned needs, New Rochelle NY
www.wpfappraisals.com
George R. Williams Jr.: Ujamaa Communications – Computer services for personal and business needs, Harlem NY
www.ujamaacom.net
